More: "The funds from the recovery act... went to operations in the United States created jobs for American workers here at home."

More: "The opposition to the recovery act... at the time, I know you were here, there was a broad recognition that we had to do something."

Q: On Burma, what are the president's expectations for the new ambassador?

Carney: "I think I'll refer you to the state department. There were actions taken today ... Easing sanction is a strong signal of our support for reform."

Carney gets a China question.

Says they have an important relationship with China.

More: "I"m not aware of the remarks that you've cited. I think the president's committed to a relationship with China that's in the best interests of the American people."

Q: Burma announcement. Are you concerned that this opens the door to doing business with state oil firms that have not been part of the reforms?

Carney: "I think that the actions announced today are fairly complex.... We retain all the authorities to impose sanctions... US companies will be asked to report on their activities."

Q: President's tax proposal vote looming in the Senate.

Carney: "I'd say two things... You will hear from the president ... and that is his argument for why this is an area where there is absolute consensus in Washington. ... Tax cuts that benefit 98 percent of the taxpaying public. Since we agree on this, we should act on it."

More: "Every Democratic in the House and the Senate, and every Republican in the House and the Senate. ..." agree.

Carney talks about tax deal and the sequester.

Carney: "It is a refusal to accept the simple premise that everyone needs to do their fair share. That achieving the kind of deficit reduction ... that the burden be shared, and that includes a requirement that the wealthiest among us do not enjoy an extension of tax cuts and do not get trillions of dollars of additional tax cuts."

Q: Do you think this would be solved in time to avoid the sequester?

Carney: "There's no question there's time... all the work that's necessary has been done... There's no magic left."

More: "What's required here is a little will ... and that means saying I know I signed a pledge, but the right thing to do for the broader American economy ... is to take the balanced approach that everyone opposes."

Carney talks about tax deal and the sequester.

Carney: "It is a refusal to accept the simple premise that everyone needs to do their fair share. That achieving the kind of deficit reduction ... that the burden be shared, and that includes a requirement that the wealthiest among us do not enjoy an extension of tax cuts and do not get trillions of dollars of additional tax cuts."

Q: Do you think this would be solved in time to avoid the sequester?

Carney: "There's no question there's time... all the work that's necessary has been done... There's no magic left."

More: "What's required here is a little will ... and that means saying I know I signed a pledge, but the right thing to do for the broader American economy ... is to take the balanced approach that everyone opposes."

Q: Do you agree with Sen. Reid's blocking motion to Obama's tax proposal?

Carney: Says Senate is considering a small business bill. "If we are about small businesses, and this president does, the Senate should overwhelmingly pass that."

More: "On the issue of the ... Hatch proposal, it was not the president's proposal."